Colts' Jacoby Brissett among top deep-passers in NFL

The Indianapolis Colts were without their star player and leader in quarterback Andrew Luck, which certainly hindered the offense but that doesn’t mean his replacement, Jacoby Brissett, didn’t shine in some areas.

Brissett was just in his second season — and first as a starter — in 2017 so there were plenty of areas in which he showed needed improvement but his deep passing was among the best quarterbacks in the league.

Despite throwing the second-lowest percentage of deep passes at 8.7 percent, Brissett showed off easy arm strength to get the ball down the field and he threw some beauties on his way to the eighth-best adjusted completion percentage in the league at 43.9 percent. His passer rating of 107.0 ranked fourth in the league and the downfield passing game should be a big part of Brissett’s game going forward.

The Colts offense struggled this season in just about every category and Brissett was thrown into an impossible situation when he was traded from the New England Patriots.

However, he did show a knack for the deep ball as he recorded four touchdown passes over 60 yards. Two of them were to wide receiver T.Y. Hilton.

The Colts are hoping Luck will be able to return healthy in 2018 but they do have Brissett coming off of a full season as a starter in which he showed off a solid deep ball.